Quantcast

Posts related to ‘NYSE: UNP’

Chesapeake Shareholders Boot Two Directors; McClendon Next?

Posted: June 8, 2012 at 12:15 pm

At today’s annual meeting, shareholders of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) voted against retaining incumbent directors V. Burns Hargis, president of Oklahoma State University, and Richard Davidson, former chairman and ...
Read Full Story »

New Board at Canadian Pacific Wastes No Time

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 9:11 am

The 16-member board of directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (NYSE: CP) today includes 7 new members nominated by William Ackman and his hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management. The ...
Read Full Story »

Rail Car Maker Doubles EPS Estimate (RAIL, ARII, GBX, CSX, UNP, CP)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 10:20 am

The past year has not been particularly kind to rail car makers. That may be changing, with FreightCar America Inc.’s (NASDAQ: RAIL) first quarter earnings report out this morning. Despite ...
Read Full Story »

Canadian Pacific Railroad Hopes to Stare Down Ackman with Strong Performance (CP, CSX, UP)

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 9:14 am

If any of the major US railroads needed a good quarter, it was Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (NYSE: CP). The company has been fighting a running battle with activist investor ...
Read Full Story »

The Shameful State of Chesapeake’s Board (CHK, BRK-A, UNP, NOV)

Posted: April 19, 2012 at 7:10 am

The revelation that the CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), Aubrey McClendon, was borrowing money from a private equity firm that did business with Chesapeake to finance his personal ...
Read Full Story »

CSX Kicks Off Railroad Earnings with a Bang (CNI, CP, CSX, KSU, NSC, UNP)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 10:41 am

US railroads have suffered from the warm winter with falling volume on coal transportation, but rising prices for gasoline and diesel fuel have bumped up container (intermodal) traffic and taken ...
Read Full Story »

Railroad Traffic Continues Decline on Lack of Coal Shipments (GWR, CSX, UNP, NSC, KSU)

Posted: April 13, 2012 at 8:10 am

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE: GWR) this morning released its traffic volume report for March and for the first quarter of 2012. The news is not good, but it’s also ...
Read Full Story »